Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Trail Updates

SOME OF THE SPRING ACTIVITY ALONG OUR TRAILS:

April 2-A pair of Eastern Phoebes catching flying insects-Brown Creepers crawling up and down trunks

April 5-Mourning Cloak butterfly fluttering through the woods-Hermit Thrush bouncing around on fallen logs-Wood Frogs calling along Hussong Marsh-Tree Swallows swooping and diving for insects-A Cabbage Butterfly fluttering around a patch of blue Scilla; an American Goldfinch singing up above see short clip belowApril 8

-Wild Turkey tracks in the snow-A pair of Sandhill Cranes standing together on a small patch of the trail not covered with snow-A pair of mature Bald Eagles circling over Hussong Marsh-A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker circling around a tree trunkApril 12-A male Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle Warbler) zoomed past and perched on a branch close by-A pair of Song Sparrows in a small tree along a boardwalk-An Eastern Comma Butterfly sunning itself along the back fence of the deer yard-Virginia Bluebells ready to bloom along Hussong Trail-Trout Lily leaves all over Hussong Woods